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          Explaining how a seemingly perfect romantic date could turn seriously awkward, Alain de Botton uses faint characterization to display the theme of humor. What seems to be a nice date with her new boyfriend, Isabel runs into her parents in the same theatre. Her mother and completely out of the ordinary father do nothing but embarass her in the theatre. de Botton describes her father as being very odd, "im looking at the light fixtures they have." Instead of looking at the stage and watching the play, he was staring at the ceiling admiring the lights.